Donald Trump Appoints Jay Bhattacharya as NIH Director

In Washington DC, US President-elect Donald Trump has announced Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford School of Medicine professor of Indian origin, as the new Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya aims to reform scientific institutions to regain public trust.

About Jay Bhattacharya

Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and holds an MD and PhD in Economics from the same institution. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research and a Senior Fellow at several Stanford institutes. His research focuses on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, government programs, biomedical innovation, and economics. He co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, an alternative to lockdowns proposed in 2020.

Vision for NIH

Bhattacharya, alongside Robert F Kennedy Jr, will lead efforts to restore the NIH to a gold standard of medical research. They aim to address America's health challenges, including chronic illness and disease, with the goal of making America healthy again.

Statements and Reactions

Trump expressed his excitement about Bhattacharya's nomination, highlighting his potential to make significant health discoveries. Bhattacharya thanked Trump for the nomination, expressing his commitment to reforming American scientific institutions. He recently met with Robert F Kennedy Jr to discuss his transformative ideas for the NIH.